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Facilitating Public Participation in the Eastern Cape Province: a Case Study of the Centre for Governance in Africa Paul D SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Fall 2005 Facilitating Public Participation in the Eastern Cape Province: A Case Study of the Centre for Governance in Africa Paul D. Lemaistre SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Politics and Social Change Commons, and the Public Administration Commons Recommended Citation Lemaistre, Paul D., "Facilitating Public Participation in the Eastern Cape Province: A Case Study of the Centre for Governance in Africa" (2005). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 401. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/401 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FACILITATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA Paul D. Lemaistre SIT Cape Town: Multiculturalism and Social Change, Fall 2005 Advisor: Mary Simons, University of Cape Town Academic Directors: Shane Duffy, Nomawethu Fonya, John McGladdery 1 ABSTRACT: Decreasing amounts of public participation threaten to undermine the legitimacy of democracy in South Africa. Numerous surveys, academic resources and Internet and print media indicate general trends among the citizenry that a disconnection and dissatisfaction towards government is prevalent. As a result, the South African public has extremely low levels of public participation for a nation with such a politically charged past. It has become the objective of many civil society organizations to help with the delivery of vital developmental goals, including democracy advocacy, on behalf of the citizens. This paper seeks to examine the efforts of a single NGO, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa) through its Centre for Governance in Africa (CGA) programme, in facilitating public participation. The CGA runs programmes in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, a region identified in numerous reports as having low levels of infrastructure and public participation. The organization engages with local partners to develop a variety of methods that encourage public participation amongst civil society organizations. These include the development of a reference toolkit for civil society organizations and the facilitation of public hearings. These steps are taken to provide the capacity and means for individuals and organizations to engage with formal government structures. The research for this paper revolves around a practicum completed with the CGA during three weeks. I used a variety of research methods, including interviews with CGA staff members, independent research on public participation in South Africa and Internet and print media sources. The conclusions section of this piece contextualizes CGA programmes within the broader scope of public participation. It is concluded that the CGA’s efforts in the Eastern Cape are still in the midst of development. There are various obstacles to be addressed to facilitate public participation, including that of logistics and capacity- building. By adopting the middle ground and creating new solutions to identified problems, the CGA programme appears to be effective in linking civil society to government structures. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I would first like to express my love and gratitude to the Lemaistre clan of Jakarta for their unending support and for providing me with the opportunity to study in South Africa and expand my horizons. Terima kasih les monyets. Thanks to Professor Mary Simons for being a source of inspiration and vigilant direction for this paper. You have been very enthusiastic about its potential and so supportive in its production. For this I extend to you my sincere gratitude. I also want to thank Lyn, Stefan, Monica, Tanya, Bruce and Louis allowing me to work with Idasa. I think that the CGA programme is fantastic and innovative and I have been inspired by my experience there to pursue similar work. Good luck in the future. Shane Duffy, Nomawethu Fonya and Zed McGladdery have been wonderful as academic directors. Guiding twenty university students through South Africa is no easy task, but your support and guidance have been invaluable. Direct enrolment would not have been better. Enkosi kakhule! Finally, this guy would like to thank my SIT classmates for adding to the experience of a fantastic semester abroad. Our time in South Africa has certainly been memorable and enriching, and a lot of valuable lessons emerged from my interactions with the group. Tiny Dancer would like to say “Cheers, big ears!” 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Background Context 4 Methodology 8 Introduction 11 Body of Paper: Legislative Framework for Public Participation 15 Facilitation of Public Participation by the CGA: Funding 19 Cooperation with Local Partners 21 Practical measures: A. Development of Toolkit 23 B. Facilitation of Public Hearings 27 C. Case Example (Public Hearings) 29 Conclusions 32 Limitations of Study, Recommendations for Further Study 35 List of Sources 37 Literature review 40 4 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: South Africans that I have conversed with amongst my home stay families and in organized settings often communicate dissatisfaction, disappointment and frustration with their elected government. No individual among those I have spoken with expressed any interest in voting, participation in local government forums, engaging with their counsellors, writing letters or any other activity by which they could persuade their elected representatives. The South African constitution and other documents provide for active public participation. Despite these legislative conditions, the contrast between the provision of this participation and the sentiments of those I spoke to is replicated in many surveys, published sources and media articles conducted by civil society and the media.1 Whilst political parties do not directly address the issue of participation, a number of prominent academics and politicians have expressed concern and frustration at the slow rate of service delivery, delivery performance, unresponsiveness of officials and even hostility of officials to the public. As such, people in government and civil society organizations, including development NGOs, emphasize the need for public participation in changing capacity and improving resources.2 Given this disconnection – the gap between policy and practice – I decided to research measures by which NGOs facilitate public participation. 1 Khosa, Meshack M. “Participation and Democracy: Is there popular consent in support of the Constitution?” in Calland, Richard and Paul Graham, eds. Idasa’s Democracy Index: Democracy in the Time of Mbeki. Idasa: Cape Town, 2005. 121-147 2 Mattes, Robert. “South Africa: Democracy without the People?” Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 1 January 2002. 5 I conducted focus group interviews with residents of the Cape Town areas of Langa and Bo-Kaap3. Most of these respondents were members of the home stay families that I had previously stayed with. One Langa respondent (Male, aged 30) replied that he found his vote was “useless’ when asked if he was planning on voting in the upcoming 2005 local government elections to replace those officials he found upsetting. All three Langa residents (including Male, aged 31 and Female, aged 29) revealed no intentions to vote and cited unemployment, poverty and lack of service delivery as being the main causes for their lack of participation. The Bo-Kaap Muslim respondents said that they lacked the time and interest to participate in government. For them participating was not a priority and was also a ‘useless’ activity. They also felt bitterness towards their local representatives but more because they felt that their concerns were ignored in favour of those of the blacks’. “People on this side of town are not part of the government”, said one respondent (Female, aged 25). There was a general feeling in the Bo-Kaap group that those issues that were paid most of the attention today were those that were ‘black issues’, including housing and HIV/Aids healthcare. The Bo-Kaap respondents (omc;idomg Male, aged 27 and Female, aged 45) claimed to be aware of their right to participate and knew that they could go to the civic centre for complaints or concerns that they had. They were familiar with their ward counsellor and other local representatives, but actively chose not to consult them. In this way public participation was not an option because the respondents felt that the system could not address their problems, rather than them not understanding their civic rights. Though the two respondent groups held different concerns, both revealed a lack of public participation in government structures. Neither group believed that involving 3 The Langa residents would historically be classified as black Africans, and the Bo-Kaap residents as Muslims, a subgroup of the ‘Coloured’ classification. These categorizations were established in the Population Registration Act of 1950 during the apartheid era. 6 themselves and participating in government could solve their concerns. There were common themes of dissatisfaction, but the practical issues were different. The Langa respondents were very politically active and aware but
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